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1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵
May 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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They don't care what the founders wanted for anything else they're doing, so...
April 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
They don't care what the founders wanted for anything else they're doing, so...
If locusts feel it, so do crops and people.
📰Published📰 South American locusts face growing threats from heat & dehydration🌡️
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South American locusts face growing threats from heat & dehydration
Jacob P. Youngblood, Johannes Overgaard, Michael Ørsted, Michael J. Angilletta Jr., John M. VandenBrooks. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology article which can be found here. T…
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April 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
If locusts feel it, so do crops and people.
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Cultivated from Senegal to Chad, white fonio is a drought-tolerant crop.
Rich in energy and folate, it is used to make porridge, salads and bread.
It's time to rediscover Africa's #ForgottenCrops and their potential to transform the continent's agrifood systems 👉 buff.ly/0Sz5aV3
Rich in energy and folate, it is used to make porridge, salads and bread.
It's time to rediscover Africa's #ForgottenCrops and their potential to transform the continent's agrifood systems 👉 buff.ly/0Sz5aV3
April 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Cultivated from Senegal to Chad, white fonio is a drought-tolerant crop.
Rich in energy and folate, it is used to make porridge, salads and bread.
It's time to rediscover Africa's #ForgottenCrops and their potential to transform the continent's agrifood systems 👉 buff.ly/0Sz5aV3
Rich in energy and folate, it is used to make porridge, salads and bread.
It's time to rediscover Africa's #ForgottenCrops and their potential to transform the continent's agrifood systems 👉 buff.ly/0Sz5aV3
Food for thought indeed . . .
As is the factoid that two acres of wheat could only supply ~10-15 people with their calorie (not nutritional) requirements for a year.
As is the factoid that two acres of wheat could only supply ~10-15 people with their calorie (not nutritional) requirements for a year.
In 1982 artist Agnes Denes planted and harvested a 2 acre field of wheat in a vacant lot in Manhattan to highlight issues of world hunger and globalization - literally creating 'food for thought'. Denes was a pioneer of the ecological land art genre #womensart
April 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Food for thought indeed . . .
As is the factoid that two acres of wheat could only supply ~10-15 people with their calorie (not nutritional) requirements for a year.
As is the factoid that two acres of wheat could only supply ~10-15 people with their calorie (not nutritional) requirements for a year.
"deffo <8 billion" . . . that is, unless we have a technological revolution. Very soon.
Looks like our path to the Earth's carrying capacity for us humans is going to be brutal.
Looks like our path to the Earth's carrying capacity for us humans is going to be brutal.
Largely ignored:
* The scale of what it takes to feed a population
* The urgency of it: How many people can this Earth support? Deffo <8 billion
* Too late for strategising: Continuously evolving adaptation plans need to be in operation as asap.
www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
* The scale of what it takes to feed a population
* The urgency of it: How many people can this Earth support? Deffo <8 billion
* Too late for strategising: Continuously evolving adaptation plans need to be in operation as asap.
www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
April 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"deffo <8 billion" . . . that is, unless we have a technological revolution. Very soon.
Looks like our path to the Earth's carrying capacity for us humans is going to be brutal.
Looks like our path to the Earth's carrying capacity for us humans is going to be brutal.
We need highly flexible adaptation plans in operation asap.
#foodsystems
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#foodsystems
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Our climate newsletter highlights some of the latest news about climate change
In our latest issue the spotlight is on climate adaptation
Read here: bit.ly/42B9iZI
#GetClimateReady
In our latest issue the spotlight is on climate adaptation
Read here: bit.ly/42B9iZI
#GetClimateReady
April 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We need highly flexible adaptation plans in operation asap.
#foodsystems
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#foodsystems
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Largely ignored:
* The scale of what it takes to feed a population
* The urgency of it: How many people can this Earth support? Deffo <8 billion
* Too late for strategising: Continuously evolving adaptation plans need to be in operation as asap.
www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
* The scale of what it takes to feed a population
* The urgency of it: How many people can this Earth support? Deffo <8 billion
* Too late for strategising: Continuously evolving adaptation plans need to be in operation as asap.
www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
April 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Largely ignored:
* The scale of what it takes to feed a population
* The urgency of it: How many people can this Earth support? Deffo <8 billion
* Too late for strategising: Continuously evolving adaptation plans need to be in operation as asap.
www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
* The scale of what it takes to feed a population
* The urgency of it: How many people can this Earth support? Deffo <8 billion
* Too late for strategising: Continuously evolving adaptation plans need to be in operation as asap.
www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
AND we need continuously evolving adaptation plans in operation asap — and that will take a revolution in our thinking about food and famine.
The first page of our latest report: www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
The first page of our latest report: www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
April 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
AND we need continuously evolving adaptation plans in operation asap — and that will take a revolution in our thinking about food and famine.
The first page of our latest report: www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
The first page of our latest report: www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
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Mark Carney says he has 'seen this movie before', and believes that the US economy is heading for a Brexit-style downturn
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/us-...
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April 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Mark Carney says he has 'seen this movie before', and believes that the US economy is heading for a Brexit-style downturn
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/us-...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/us-...
And David King on why this is necessary:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
April 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
And David King on why this is necessary:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our latest report has the tile 'A perilous innocence'.
Innocence about
* the scale of what's needed to feed a population.
* climate breakdown — it's going to rip open our supply system and tear its heart out.
AND ways through it all.
Innocence about
* the scale of what's needed to feed a population.
* climate breakdown — it's going to rip open our supply system and tear its heart out.
AND ways through it all.
April 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Our latest report has the tile 'A perilous innocence'.
Innocence about
* the scale of what's needed to feed a population.
* climate breakdown — it's going to rip open our supply system and tear its heart out.
AND ways through it all.
Innocence about
* the scale of what's needed to feed a population.
* climate breakdown — it's going to rip open our supply system and tear its heart out.
AND ways through it all.
Our latest report is called 'A perilous innocence'.
It's purpose below.
Link to the short blogpost about it: www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
It's purpose below.
Link to the short blogpost about it: www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Our latest report is called 'A perilous innocence'.
It's purpose below.
Link to the short blogpost about it: www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
It's purpose below.
Link to the short blogpost about it: www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/2025/03/25/a...
We've just joined BlueSky. I know, I know, late to it!
Given our work on how the UK can be better prepared for the inevitably of more food shortages and scarcities . . .
Who should we follow?
Given our work on how the UK can be better prepared for the inevitably of more food shortages and scarcities . . .
Who should we follow?
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We've just joined BlueSky. I know, I know, late to it!
Given our work on how the UK can be better prepared for the inevitably of more food shortages and scarcities . . .
Who should we follow?
Given our work on how the UK can be better prepared for the inevitably of more food shortages and scarcities . . .
Who should we follow?